On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 9:08 AM, Ben Cotton <bcotton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Aug 17, 2014 5:01 AM, "Haïkel" <hguemar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Yes, FESCo is the actual technical leadership body, it functions but >> sometimes, it had to take decisions that has technical/legal/ethical >> issues requiring the board to step in. >> That's what is preventing Fedora to have a proper strategic vision and >> implementing it. >> > This is what I'm having a hard time understanding. My reading of the above > is that the existence of FESCo prevents the Board from making strategic > decisions (the alternate view, that the existence of the board prevents > FESCo from making strategic decisions, runs counter to what you say later in > your response so I discount it). If FESCo's existence is the problem, why > doesn't the proposal dissolve FESCo? If FESCo's existence isn't the problem, > then what does the quoted paragraph mean? I really don't understand this either. FESCo from time to time asks the Board for guidance especially when proposals fall near the edges of Fedora's core values. I don't really see how that has any direct connection to strategic vision. And I don't see any reason to think they won't still have the same sorts of questions in the future. John _______________________________________________ board-discuss mailing list board-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/board-discuss